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Spanish-language Latin American legendary creatures (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Latin American legendary creatures" This category contains only the following page.
The Tunda (La Tunda) is a myth of the Pacific Region of Colombia, and particularly popular in the Afro-Colombian community, about a vampire-like doppelganger monster woman; The Patasola or "one foot" is one of many myths in Latin American folklore about woman monsters from the jungle.
Carbuncle – one of its many descriptions is a luminescent small dog [3] Cerberus – multi-headed dog, guards the gates of the Underworld, son/brother of Orthrus (Greek, Roman) Chupacabra (Latin American) – Alleged creature reputed to attack and drink the blood of livestock, occasionally described with bat-like features. Sometimes thought ...
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They then resort to make sense of their encounter by labelling it as the recently 'discovered' monster, instead of a more realistic explanation. For example, some scientists hypothesize that what many believe to be a chupacabra is a wild or domestic dog affected by mange , a disease causing a thick buildup of skin and hair loss.
The carbuncle is a stock monster character in the Final Fantasy series of RPG game-playing, and "appears as a small creature, fox- or squirrel-like, with green or blue fur, depending on the game". [14] It also appeared in the game MadÅ Monogatari and Puyo Puyo, the latter having reused many of the monster characters from the former. [14]
Mapuche legendary creatures (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Indigenous South American legendary creatures" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Conversely, in some Latin American cultures, duendes are believed to lure children into the forest. In the folklore of the Central American country of Belize , particularly amongst the country's African/ Island Carib -descended Creole and Garifuna populations, duendes are thought of as forest spirits called " Tata Duende " who lack thumbs. [ 6 ]